I love everything about this, but particularly the very plausible Two Gingerbread Trees. Thank you very much!

(Does this mean they've officially moved to New Cal now? I picked out a house for them and all!)

hS

The lore is that because turkey isn’t a thing here, foreigners living in Japan resorted to KFC for Christmas dinner. Then Japanese people picked up on that (and the Christmas cake) and incorporated it into their traditions. I don’t know how accurate it is — KFC could have just done a great ad campaign back in the day and became associated with Christmas dinner. The point is more to have some fried chicken because you can’t get roast turkey here as easily.

That being said Japanese KFC is pretty good (well, not as greasy as American KFC and smaller portions) though the lack of mashed potatoes is egregious :P They also frequently have collaborations with Peanuts where you get a free bowl or cup (and it’s a nice ceramic one, too) if you buy a box meal.

This year I actually reserved my KFC bucket like… a month in advance. We got a bucket of chicken and tenders, a microwaveable lasagna-like thing, a brownie cake, and a decorative plate.